farmers

Archaeologists in the Czech Republic have stumbled upon something quite incredible: remnants of a prehistoric housing estate inhabited by the earliest farmers of the Late Stone Age! Approximately 7,000 years ago, these early settlers established themselves in an area where bountiful and fertile soil provided well for agriculture, and so they built their settlement on a slight ridge above the Oskava River. A Massive Longhouse During a two-week rescue excavation at Nové Dědina near Uničov in the Olomouc region, led by archaeologist Mark Kalábek, from the Olomouc Archaeological Center, the team uncovered columnar pits that served as foundations for an above-ground structure known as a longhouse, which housed these early farmers. The house walls were reinforced with woven twine and